Nick Grimshaw: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Nick Grimshaw said elsewhere, not written here

My mum. I just got back off holiday with her and we had the most fun. She’s game for whatever.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2017 source ↗

Others on this question

Tim Robbins American actor

Nelson Mandela, for obvious reasons.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 October 2010 source ↗

Paul Weller English singer-songwriter and musician

David Attenborough, because he sticks to what he loves and is still passionate about it. God bless him.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 June 2014 source ↗

Dominic Cooper English actor

Clive Stafford Smith, for his incredible work with the Reprieve charity.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 August 2017 source ↗

Rebecca Front English actress, writer and comedian

Camila Batmanghelidjh, the founder of Kids Company.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 July 2015 source ↗

A breakfast show that starts at noon.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2017 source ↗

A table that used to belong to David Bowie: it was £13,000.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2017 source ↗

Genuinely, the host of Radio 1’s Breakfast Show.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2017 source ↗

When I was doing A-levels, I worked in a factory that made homework diaries, which was fine until they banned talking and the radio.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 June 2017 source ↗

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